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Hi all. Been a while since I've posted, or even stopped by for that matter, but life has been pretty busy here for a while. But hey, not the point of this thread. Several months ago I loaded some 9mm using BE-86 powder and a 115 gr Nosler JHP. Today, finally, we had a nice day here weather...

I know there is myriad reasons why velocities don't always add up to what is published and frankly, if I'm off a little bit I really don't care. But I encountered a large variance this weekend and it raised a question in my mind. I loaded some 38 special with a 125 grain Sierra jsp and BE86...

So earlier this week I purchased an M&P Shield in 9mm. Then I went to Graf's and purchased some accoutrements to begin loading 9mm. One of the bullets I purchased is the Nosler 115gr JHP sporting handgun bullet. I pulled load data from their website and, since I just love Unique, I began my...

I am beginning to load 9mm and am looking at powders. I've been loading 45acp, 45lc,38 special and 357 Magnum. I know that 9mm runs at a little higher pressures and seems to me that generally speaking, would require a slightly different powder genre. From my reading and research, I think I...

So I was working up my hunting load in my 30-06. Data calls for a COAL of 2.250 inches. Long story short I got confused reading the dial caliper and seated to a depth of 2.220 inches. Now, my plan is to pull them and start over so I will not be shooting these. But I am curious. How will this...

I had an excellent day of procurement today. I found some things I haven't seen in several years. 22 ammo for one. I got some Unique, Green Dot, Varget, some Nosler bullets and a really sweet deal on skme Barnes 30 caliber bullets. But I digress. So now that I have Varget and more bullets, I...

Having a TON to learn about handloading for rifles, I wanted to run a test on the effects of case capacity. For this test, informal and preliminary though it may be, I sorted some mixed brass by headstamp and then by weight. I only loaded 5 of each which I know isn't really enough for...

I found a couple of older cans of powder yesterday. A Bullseye and 1 of 2400. These are from the era of Hercules and are pretty cool. Since there is no copywrite date I am just wondering of anyone here may have a general idea of their manufacturer date.

If y'all remember my post last week about the light Bullseye load I am working on, this is that report. Gun used is a Sig Sauer 1911XO, full size non railed. Brass is mixed range brass with a 4.0 grain charge of Bullseye pushing a 200 grain LSWC. Winchester large pistol primers get it started...

I am wondering if, other than squibs, there is any significant danger to loading UNDER published data. Specifically, I am loading 45 auto with Bullseye and a 200 grain lswc. Alliant lists a max charge of 4.6 grains so 10% off of that would be a start load of 4.1 (rounded down). I loaded 8...

So I broke out the chronograph today testing a 357 magnum load. 125 grain jhp with 8 grains of Bullseye powder. They were running along rather well holding an average of 1300 fps. Then, I fired a round and immediately thought something was very wrong. The recoil was much stronger and the...

So I decided to out some new knowledge to work over the weekend and work up a load for my 1911 in 45acp. I decided I wanted a load that will do 850 fps using a 230 grain Sierra jhp and Unique powder. The Sierra load manual lists max at 900 so this should not be a problem. I know 5 rounds isn't...

Ok so with the addition of a chronograph I am going to get a 3 ring binder with dividers and start keeping better records. What kinds of things should I be including?

So I ordered a chronograph from Graf's and it arrived today. It is capable of plus or minus 1% accuracy and will calculate extreme spread, stadard deviation and average. Couple of questions. 1. Any tips or tricks would be helpful. 2. What information am I looking for with it and how do I...

500 brand new pieces of Starline 357 magnum brass and a beautiful spring day. Carry on. Well I tried to post a picture but I'm having technical difficulties. Anyways.... Y'all have a great afternoon.

Nobel Sport powder? I've never heard of it, Graf's has a lot of it. The couple I looked at were Shotshell powders for 19 bucks for a 1.1 pound jug. Anybody know what this is or where it heralds from?

When working up loads, can we assume that once we hit the advertised speed are at least relatively close to the advertised pressure? And along that, can we continue working up above max listed charge if that's what is needed to attain that speed? I'm just trying to understand how pressure...

I just picked up my first pound of Unique. I know it's a lot like bullseye and it should work well in every handgun caliber I have. 45 auto, 45 colt, 38 special and 357 magnum. What should I expect? How should I treat it?

So powder finally starts to rebound and the LA port workers go on strike. Sheesh. We can't catch a break. I guess the good news is the powder is on the boats. Just can't get the boats into the harbor. Or unloaded. Lol

So we have a bunch of old 30-06 brass. Emphasis. Old. It's been in a box in the basement for I don't know how many years. It's all commercial brass, no military. It was pretty ugly so I ran it in my tumbler literally 8 hours. It's clean and shiny now but the corrosion is now obvious. Does this...